Adjustable milk-can holder and protector.



Patented Dec. 19, I899. c. .1. ABBE.

ADJUSTABLE MILK CAN HOLDER AND PROTECTOR.

(Application filed Apr. 20, 1897.)

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No. 639,645. Patented Dec. l9, I899.

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ADJUSTABLE MILK CAN HOLDER AND PROTECTOR. (Applicafion filed Apr. 20, 1897.)

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CHARLES J. ABBE, OF ALDEN, MINNESOTA.

ADJUSTABLE MILK-CAN HOLDER AND PROTECTOR.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 639,645, dated December 19, 1899. Application filed April 20, 1897. Serial No. 633,066- (No model.)

To all w/wm it may concern:

Be it known that I, CHARLES J. ABBE, a citizen of the United States, residing at Alden, in the county of Freeborn and State of Minnesota, have invented a new and useful Adjustable Milk-Can Holder and Milk-Can Protector, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to improvements in attachments for wagon-boxes and similar re ceptacles, by means of which a series of milk: cans may be held in said receptacles out of contact with each other and be easily inserted and removed; and to that end it consists in the features of construction hereinafter specifically described and claimed.

In the accompanying drawings, forming part of this specification, Figure 1 is a side elevation of a wagon-box fitted with my im proved attachment and showing the side of the wagon-box partly broken away. Fig. 2 is a broken plan view of the wagon-box and my attachment. Fig. 3 is arear end View partially broken away, and Fig. 4 is a longitudinal section.

In the drawings, A represents an ordinary wagon-box, to which is shown attached my improved device. The said device consists of a frame B, preferably of wood, provided with downwardly-projecting arms 2, which are adapted. to fit over the sides of the wagon-box and to be held in gripping position thereon by a connecting-screw 3, provided with screwclamps 4.

5 represents the center piece,made of a pair of rods shaped to form openings for the cans and connected at one end by toggle-arms 6 and 7 with a transverse shaft 8, journaled in the end of the frame B, the toggle-joint being preferably provided with a spring 9. The opposite end of the center piece is similarly connected by toggle-arms 10 and 11 with a transverse shaft 12. The shafts 8 and 12 are turned to actuate said toggle-joints and raise and lower the center piece through the medium of a lever 13, mounted upon the shaft 8 and working in connection with a toothed segment 14, said lever being connected by a rod 15 with a lever-arm 16,'mounted upon the end of the shaft 12. Projecting inward from the side bars of the frame B are triangles 17 to form spaces for the cans between the center piece and frame.

In use the device is secured to the wagon* box by the arms 2 and the milk-cans placed in the openings formed by the center piece and the triangles 17. The center piece D is normally held in raised position by the interlocking of the lever 13 and segment 14. When it is desired to remove any of the milk-cans, the lever13 is released from the segment and turned, thus rotating the shafts 8 and 12 and actuating the toggle-joints to lower the center piece 5 to the bottom of the wagon-box. The lever being turned in the opposite direction will return the center piece to raised position, in which position it is held by means of the spring-controlled dog'l8,carried by'the lever 13 and fitting in the notches 19 of the segment.

What I claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. In combination with a wagon-box, an apparatus for holding a series of milk -cans therein consisting of a framework having openings to receive the cans and means for vertically adjusting said frame.

. 2. In combination with a receptacle, means for holding a series of cans therein, consisting of a frame having openings to receive said cans, and means for lowering said frames to the bottom of the receptacle to permit the removal of said cans.

3. In'combination with a wagon-box, means for holding a series of cans therein consisting of a frame provided with a series of openings to receive the cans, means for lowering and raising said frame, and means for locking said frame in raised position.

4. A device of the class described, consisting of a frame, supported at its ends, means for vertically moving said frame upon its supports, and a lever for locking said frame in set position.

. 5. In combination with a wagon-box, means for holding a series of milk-cans therein, and preventing the same rubbing together, consisting of a frame, a partition adj ustably supported in said frame and normally separating said cans, a lever connected with both ends of said partition and adapted/t0 be actuated to lower the same.

CHARLES J. ABBE. Witnesses:

ALEX. F. HAUF, HORACE G. LATOURELL. 

